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Northwest Africa 14171
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 14171
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14171
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: Niger
Mass:help 271 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  L-melt rock
Recommended:  L-melt rock    [explanation]

This is 1 of 52 approved meteorites classified as L-melt rock.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 6 Oct 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14171 (NWA 14171)

Niger

Purchased: 2020 Feb

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L, melt rock)

History: Purchased by Mbark Arjdal in February 2020 from a dealer in Niger.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU) Extremely fine-grained assemblage consisting mainly of silicate minerals plus dispersed aggregates of metal+troilite spheres. Some isolated larger silicate mineral grains and a few faint relict chondrules are also present.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa23.5±1.0, range Fa21.9-24.2, N = 5), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs18.6±2.8Wo1.8±0.5, range Fs14.4-21.5Wo1.1-2.5, N = 7).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L-melt rock).

Specimens: 30.5 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. M. Arjdal.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Niger
Date:P 2020 Feb
Mass (g):271
Pieces:1
Class:L-melt rock
Shock stage:S6
Weathering grade:W0/1
Fayalite (mol%):23.5±1.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.6±2.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8±0.5
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and J. Boesenberg, BrownU
Type spec mass (g):30.5
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:M. Arjdal
Comments:Work name Arj H27; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)
BrownU: Joseph Boesenberg Brown University Dept of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) 324 Brook Street Providence, RI 02912 , United States (institutional address; updated 4 Jan 2024)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Geography:

Niger
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 119 approved meteorites from Niger (plus 4 unapproved names)
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